Thursday, February 11, 2010

After staying up half the night, working on my manuscript (It's gonna be an awesome book, if I do say so myself!), I was less than awake and alert this morning when the kids got up at the crack of dawn. That's just an expression - "Crack of dawn". It means really freaking early. It does not mean the kids woke up next to any particular cracks of this particular Dawn. Anyhoo...

Lexi informed me that we were out of cinnamon/sugar for toast. "Can I make some more, Mom?" she asked.

Fast forward to lunch time. Clay said he wanted cinnamon toast for lunch. I toasted the bread, spread the butter, and sprinkled on the cinnamon sugar that Lexi mixed this morning. I smelled something strong. What is that smell? I wondered. I sniffed the bread and turned up my nose, cringing at the "cinnamon". Lexi used ground cumin! Mmmmm cumin and sugar sprinkled on toast. It's got a Mexican flair. Yum! All it needs is a little Vegemite...

23 comments:

That is funny and delicious and culturey. Yesterday when I was making peanut butter, banana, honey, cinnamon sandwiches for me and the kids I saw the Cumin and almost grabbed it. Maybe your daughter and I are long lost cooking friends.

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to use sharp knives, and I couldn't cut cheese with a butter knife, so I used to make powdered parmesan cheese and curry powder on toast for my parents. To their credit, they choked it down every time, but I still feel so sorry for them.

Gotta love kids cooking. I made Koo-aid as a kid to sell at a lemonade stand and used salt instead of sugar. It wasn't until after my brother and I had served like 10 customers that we decided to try our drink. YUCK!

"crack of dawn" LOL oh, i would have never thought about it that way, but i guess since that saying has your name in it, you just had to analyze it and avoid any confusion in the future by clearing up any misconceptions, right? Ha ha

Too funny! We've done the same thing. My Aunt was visiting and I started making Oven French toast. My Aunt took over because the kids needed me. When I returned she was throwing it all out and starting over. She said she accidentally used Cumin!